[OpenAFS] maildir on openafs
David Bear
iddwb@asu.edu
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:18:22 -0700
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Thanks for the many suggestions. My use case is rather simple (and perhaps
naive). I'm trying to create a machine independant environment so it doesn't
matter if I'm logged on to by workstation or laptop, I still have access to
everything I need. That implies mail. I really can't stand using gmail so I
was going to pop my gmail messages to an afs location and use maildir. Yes,
I know I need a token. At least this way, when I pop my mail I can configure
any MUA to look into afs for the message store.
Since I'm the only use -- and there will likely only be one MUA access the
message store at a time, I could probably use the berkely mailbox format if
maildir is a problem in afs. ( don't want to recompile the client, and cant
recompile the server )
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Robert Banz <rob@nofocus.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.nofocus.org/maildir/
>
> If you're interested. The patches are a little out of date, but I could
> pull the most up-to-date ones and put them up there if there's interest.
>
> Personally, I've abandoned them and switched to Cyrus.
>
> -rob
>
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Robert Banz wrote:
>
>
> > On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Christopher D. Clausen wrote:
> >
> > David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I seem to distantly recall some discussion about storing maildir
> > > > directories on openafs, but I don't remember if it was safe,
> > > > discouraged, or otherwise problematic. Any one see problems with
> > > > putting maildir in afs?
> > > >
> > >
> > > I've delivered email directly into AFS and it seems to work for a
> > > small
> > > number of users. I understand that problems arise from hosting many
> > > mailboxes and the number of callbacks to clients when files /
> > > directories get updated with new mail.
> > >
> > > Do you intend to have an SMTP server write directly to AFS? Or
> > > end-user
> > > run clients write downloaded email into AFS?
> > >
> >
> > I ran a optimized-for-afs maildir at my site for a couple years. It was
> > a great improvement over delivering to berkeley-style mailboxes in AFS.
> >
> > However, I highly recommend deploying a *real* mail solution (e.g.
> > Cyrus), and not deliver mail into AFS or user's home directories.
> >
> > -rob
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Thanks for the many suggestions. My use case is rather simple (and perhaps naive). I'm trying to create a machine independant environment so it doesn't matter if I'm logged on to by workstation or laptop, I still have access to everything I need. That implies mail. I really can't stand using gmail so I was going to pop my gmail messages to an afs location and use maildir. Yes, I know I need a token. At least this way, when I pop my mail I can configure any MUA to look into afs for the message store.<br>
<br>Since I'm the only use -- and there will likely only be one MUA access the message store at a time, I could probably use the berkely mailbox format if maildir is a problem in afs. ( don't want to recompile the client, and cant recompile the server )<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Robert Banz <<a href="mailto:rob@nofocus.org">rob@nofocus.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
<a href="http://www.nofocus.org/maildir/" target="_blank">http://www.nofocus.org/maildir/</a><br>
<br>
If you're interested. The patches are a little out of date, but I could pull the most up-to-date ones and put them up there if there's interest.<br>
<br>
Personally, I've abandoned them and switched to Cyrus.<br>
<br>
-rob<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
<br>
<br>
On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:25 AM, Robert Banz wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Christopher D. Clausen wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
David Bear <<a href="mailto:David.Bear@asu.edu" target="_blank">David.Bear@asu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I seem to distantly recall some discussion about storing maildir<br>
directories on openafs, but I don't remember if it was safe,<br>
discouraged, or otherwise problematic. Any one see problems with<br>
putting maildir in afs?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I've delivered email directly into AFS and it seems to work for a small<br>
number of users. I understand that problems arise from hosting many<br>
mailboxes and the number of callbacks to clients when files /<br>
directories get updated with new mail.<br>
<br>
Do you intend to have an SMTP server write directly to AFS? Or end-user<br>
run clients write downloaded email into AFS?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I ran a optimized-for-afs maildir at my site for a couple years. It was a great improvement over delivering to berkeley-style mailboxes in AFS.<br>
<br>
However, I highly recommend deploying a *real* mail solution (e.g. Cyrus), and not deliver mail into AFS or user's home directories.<br>
<br>
-rob<br>
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